A few warning signs of being involved in a cult.
* The group displays excessively zealous and unquestioning commitment to its leader and (whether he is alive or dead) regards his belief system, ideology, and practices as the Truth, as law.
* Questioning, doubt, and dissent are discouraged or even punished.
* The leadership dictates, sometimes in great detail, how members should think, act, and feel (for example, members must get permission to date, change jobs, marry—or leaders prescribe what types of clothes to wear, where to live, whether or not to have children, how to discipline children, and so forth).
* The group is elitist, claiming a special, exalted status for itself, its leader(s) and members (for example, the leader is considered the Messiah, a special being, an avatar—or the group and/or the leader is on a special mission to save humanity).
* The group has a polarized us-versus-them mentality, which may cause conflict with the wider society.
Sounds like the Trump brigades here on FR.
Oh,no,you didn’t!
You may be on to something!
From the open lines of the article. It goes without saying that Steve Jobs is perhaps the most famous business leader of the century, if not of all time.
While I liked the guy, it will be Steve Jobs who will eventually destroy Apple. They will be frozen, focused on “What would Sreve do?” so much they won’t see it when the ground changes under Apple’s feet.
You see a cult.
I see a bunch of like-minded people trying to have a civil conversation while being attacked by disruptors who very well fit the description you’ve posted.
Perspective is everything.